Bindweed Everywhere!

We were out of town for 9 days only to return to bindweed taking over our back fence and back garden. YIKES! Our neighbor behind the fence is indifferent to this pest. l am thinking of getting a miners helmet and crawling over to his side some dark night w/ my poison. I have read that something called D-4 or ??? is better for killing this nasty vine then roundup. I paint it on the leaves. I am overwhelmed.

Good luck with the bindweed! I hate the stuff and just recently read that their roots can go, like 20 feet or something!... with seeds that can stay viable for 50 years!! I've tried mulching w/ several (lots) of sheets of newspaper w/ compost on top of that but the dad-gum vines creep along under the mulch until it finds some light. Let me know if you find something that will kill, or at least almost kill, the stuff. Thanks!

Roundup works pretty well but the roots are sooooo long. I have bindweed in my yard as well and the more you pull the more it spreads. I've read about an experimental program that they are trying with mites that eat noting but bindweed but it's not ready yet.

I think the mites are available but not sure in every state. I am going to research this.

Here's a link in Colorado about the mites. I am afraid it may take a year for it to work.

http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/TRA/PLANTS/index.html#http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/TRA/PLANTS/bindweedmite.html

When Adam an Eve left the Garden Of Eden, I think God put some bindweed seeds on their fig leaves to scatter around as addional punishment for mankind. Gil

Gil, that makes sense.

Bindweed is my worst weed.
Here's what I found

Field bindweed has an extensive root system which may extend up to 15 feet underground.

Herbicide Use:
Field bindweed control is best achieved when plants are actively growing and in the seedling to flower stage of growth. Multiple applications may be required for complete eradication.

If grasses are not to be taken out, the best selective herbicide is Banvel® mixed with a little 2,4-D. It is very effective IF the timing is right. Best control is had when the flower is full open, particularly in late fall just before killing frost.

I have used roundup on arear which I wanted to start over but for my grass I hate to uses any chemical, especially since my dogs run on it. I pull it but it keeps on coming back.

what's that 2,4-D? I saw it mentioned as a killer of this pest while researching. available at feed stores it said.

I've never used it but I'd bet they would know on the Garden Foes forum.